Cinema of discontent : representations of Japan's high-speed growth / Tomoyuki Sasaki.

Author
Sasaki, Tomoyuki [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Albany : State University of New York Press, [2022]
Description
x, 275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

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    "Uses popular films to reveal the tensions generated during Japan's postwar "economic miracle," challenging the prevailing view that it was a story of great national success"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-253), filmography (pages 255-260) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction: Narrating high-speed growth through film
    • Drifting in Tokyo: reconstruction and uneven development in Kawashima Yūzō's Susaki paradise red light (1956)
    • A girl from Izu: labor migration and modern subjectivity in Masumura Yasuzō's Blue-sky girl (1957)
    • Osaka, city of spies: the powerless worker in industrial society in Inoue Akira's Black weapon (1964)
    • Yokohama romance: the Cold War, revolution, and Asian solidarity in Ezaki Mio's A warm misty night (1967)
    • Waiting for spring in Shiretoko: a postscript to high-speed growth in Kumashiro Tatsumi's the Light of Africa (1975)
    • Coda
    ISBN
    • 9781438490991 (hardcover)
    • 1438490992 (hardcover)
    LCCN
    2022013458
    OCLC
    1330689785
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